Top 10--Cloud's Transformational Impacts in 2013

Did you read the interesting insight Top 10 Transformational Impacts of the Cloud in 2013 delivered by the tech major NJVC?

Here are the top 10:

1. Cloud technologies will converge.

2. Custom software will hit the cloud.

3. Integration will become the new “killer app.”

4. India and outsourcing countries will drive industry adoption of PaaS worldwide.

5. Major data centers will go undergo a “survival-of-the-fittest” scenario.

6. Health IT will adopt PaaS to replace niche “dinosaur” apps.

7. Organizations will rapidly adopt cloud services brokerages.

8. The U.S. government will re-think major IT contracts.

9. Innovation and entrepreneurship will hit overdrive.

10. Cloud adoption will move from an option to a "must have."


Read the whole report for a better insight.

Differentiate Business and Tech Need

Did you adopt Cloud because Business dictated it or was it a technology requirement and decision? If it is the former, then the approach might lead to a potential failure. The reason being that such cloud initiatves moved with no clear requirements or metrics to measure the objectives or a strategy to keep in pace with the technological need of the organization.

Cloud calls for a paradigm shift from legacy to the latest. It calls for a different approach to procure, deploy, monitor, manage and control IT.

It is important to remember that Cloud should not be a standalone decision of Business or Tech, rather it would be a joint approach and decision so as to seamlessly integarte the technological need with the business objectives of the organization.

Cloud Workforce Challenge

Organizations are adopting cloud at a good pace. But the challenge is finding the appropriate and experienced people in the cloud domain. No wondor finding a cloud professional seems to be a challenge for the HR.

But one thing organizations need to keep in mind is that cloud is a new tech so obviously finding the appropriate professional for the role would be challenge at least for the next two years. Hence, in this scenario it would make sense for the organizations to hitch their cloud wagon with some experienced vendor. Or if you want to do it on your own, better train your own workforce and take them to next level of cloud competent professional.